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Brenda
Bloom where you are planted.
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The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. - Masanobu Fukuoka
Paul Cereghino- Ecosystem Guild
Maritime Temperate Coniferous Rainforest - Mild Wet Winter, Dry Summer
Paul Cereghino wrote:
Interesting... I bet in soil storage won't be enough because the rain comes to fast, and too infrequently, and your soils are not deep enough or water retentive enough to carry you through the dry season - you may need actual water storage, or very fast annuals to take advantage of the wet season (which might not be enough is some years).
The rock may be like a giant roof, and may concentrate runoff... this might be a place for a cistern - given you likely have the aggregate nearby, concrete might be the material of choice. There are some cool pictures in Mollison's manual--they look like ideas he picked up from arab settlements. natural storage in rock.
Idle dreamer
H Ludi Tyler wrote:
Hugelkultur pits.Chip out basins in the rock, fill with wood (rotten wood if you can find it), top with soil and plant whatever you want to grow. The pits will retain any rain or irrigation you put in them.
Brenda
Bloom where you are planted.
http://restfultrailsfoodforestgarden.blogspot.com/
Paul Cereghino- Ecosystem Guild
Maritime Temperate Coniferous Rainforest - Mild Wet Winter, Dry Summer
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